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With those illustrious words, Paris Hilton opened her new matchmaking elimination show Tuesday night on MTV — “Paris Hilton: My New BFF.” So, apparently Nicole Richie is out of the picture. Anyone want to be blondie’s best friend?

Um, no thanks.

I’m no fan of Hilton’s, but I’ll admit that I did get a few laughs out of her initial foray into reality TV on Fox’s “The Simple Life” (though Richie was actually the funnier of the two). And I thought her presidential campaign ad spoof she did for funnyordie.com earlier this year was a hoot. So I went into “My New BFF” with an open mind.

Alas, I was immediately turned off by Paris’ vanity and mean-spiritedness and I couldn’t even make it through the whole episode.